ADVERTISING
- Ad*Access (Duke University)
Archives of US and Canadian advertising dating 1911 through 1955. Focus primarily on ad campaigns in the areas of Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II.
- Adbuster
Collaborative site created by a network of artists, activists, pranksters, and members of the learning community dedicated to limiting the power of commercialism in manipulating society.
- AdCritic
- AdFlip
Classic print ads 1940-2000.
- Advertising Age
News and intelligence on advertising, marketing and media.
- The Advertising Century (AdAge)
A great source for marketing history, this site features the top 100 add campaigns, the top ten slogans, to ten icons, and more!
- Advertising Lab: blog on the future of advertising technology
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
Presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture. - FRONTLINE: Merchants of Cool
- FRONTLINE: The Persuaders
- Radio Commercials, 1920's - 1950's
See also:
www.upfrontmagazine.com
www.mediachannel.org
www.featurethis.com (product placement)
www.commercialfree.org
www.ftc.gov
www.fda.gov